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    Late last Friday evening I got a text from a friend in California telling me that Donald Trump was going to be staging a rally in Mannheim, Pennsylvania, a town about 15 minutes north of ...
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    I went into “hold the presses” mode after learning about the remarks made by Secretary Clinton at a recent fundraiser in New York City. The remarks came during a speech in which she lumped her ...
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    Whether you are energized or frightened by the prospect of a Trump Presidency, you got his full message. And a lot of people who have not been listening to the fact that our immigration mess is ...

American Employment and Economic Security

Kamala, Reimagined

In political history’s most remarkable U-turn, Vice President and the Democrat Party’s 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris has converted into a tough on border security advocate, pledges to hire thousands more border agents, to defeat drug cartels and to jail gun smugglers.

Harris-Walz: Voters Will Decide if Most ‘Radical’ Ticket

Tradition calls for the presidential candidate to tack to the middle and to choose a Vice President who will capture a state which the opposition might otherwise win. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ choice as running mate, does neither.

The Kamala Conundrum

Throughout her career, Kamala Harris has benefited from the support of friends in high places. Michelle and Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of Harris for president, despite Barack’s original fear that she couldn’t beat Donald Trump, is the latest example. An insider revealed that Obama withheld his Harris endorsement because “he  [...]

Tariffs on Electric Vehicles? Biden and Trump’s Positions

  Today we are giving our take on the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be raising tariffs on a host of Chinese-made products. Given they are calling for a 100% tariff on electric vehicles, we appear not only in an international trade war but, a domestic trade war as  [...]

U.S. Tech Workers

Public policy nonprofit releases report on CHIPS and Science Act, cautions against hiring guest workers to fill jobs

Tariffs on Electric Vehicles? Biden and Trump’s Positions

  Today we are giving our take on the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be raising tariffs on a host of Chinese-made products. Given they are calling for a 100% tariff on electric vehicles, we appear not only in an international trade war but, a domestic trade war as  [...]

Biden’s Proposed Rule Change Is A Kick In The Teeth To American Workers

President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a new rule that will hurt Americans employed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) occupations by making it even easier for employers to discriminate against U.S. workers in favor of foreign workers on H-1B visas. Before we dig into what this proposed rule change is, here is a quick primer  [...]

What Happened To Alphabet and Google Search?

Hello, and welcome to another Institute for Sound Public Policy podcast. I’m the Executive Director, Kevin Lynn. In this series, we offer our short take on daily stories impacting working Americans. Today’s story deals with Alphabet and how that company’s most popular product. Google Search, used by millions of Americans  [...]

Environment

On Earth Day, Border Crisis Creates Enviro Worries

  If Earth Day’s founders were alive to see the tattered remains of their noble mission, they would shake their heads in dismay. The essential requirement for a sound environment is a stable population, a basic guideline that President Joe Biden’s administration has trampled on in its quest to destroy  [...]

Educated, High-Earning Californians Pack Up, Seek Greener Pastures

After decades of dramatic population increases, California’s residency totals have stabilized, although not in the manner that advocates had hoped for. Radical policies embraced in Sacramento, and by other major municipalities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have accelerated residents’ departure. Those still stuck behind are left to cope with  [...]

Moment of Truth Arrives for California Housing

The race to pave over what little remains of California’s open space continues. In 2017, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed “15 good bills,” as he put it, to ease the persistent affordable housing shortage in California. Brown, surrounded by advocates and real estate barons, said: “It is a big challenge. We  [...]

On Earth Day, Colorado Chooses Sprawl

From coast-to-coast, concerned citizens have formed “Save our Neighborhood” organizations to protect their communities against relentless, all-consuming development. Politicians at the federal, state and local level demand more growth, residents’ wishes be damned. Consider Colorado. Because of the Centennial State’s environmental bounty, thousands of disgruntled Americans left home to make  [...]